ALBION, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have rescued five starving horses from their owner in Boone County.
On Monday members of the Nebraska Humane Society equine team took the horses away for veterinary care, food, training and eventual adoption. The owner surrendered the horses.
The team members say they noticed the carcasses of several dead horses on the property.
The horses’ owner has been charged, but Boone County authorities have not released his or her name.
PALMER, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 29-year-old Archer man is dead and two others are injured after a three-vehicle wreck near Palmer.
Merrick County Attorney Lynelle Homolka says Kasey Eddy died after his pickup was hit by two vehicles at an intersection. She says two passengers in Eddy’s truck weren’t injured.
The other two drivers, a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old, were taken to a hospital. They were treated for minor injuries and released. No passengers were in their vehicles.
The 18-year-old from St. Libory has been arrested on suspicion of felony motor vehicle homicide.
Homolka said the accident is still under investigation. She says no alcohol or drug use is suspected.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 36-year-old man accused of killing someone whose dismembered body was found in a ravine north of Omaha has been convicted of manslaughter.
Online court records say John Moniz on Monday pleaded no contest to manslaughter and to being a habitual criminal. Prosecutors reduced the original charge of first-degree murder in exchange for Moniz’s pleas. Prosecutors say Moniz killed 52-year-old Delbert Freemont Jr., whose torso, arms and legs were found Dec. 9 in Washington County.
Authorities found blood spatters on the ceiling and walls of Freemont’s home, and tests confirmed the blood belonged to Freemont. Moniz and his girlfriend had been living with Freemont until shortly before his death.
Moniz’s sentencing is scheduled for April 8.
WICKLIFFE, Ohio (AP) — Police say an 11-year-old girl in northeast Ohio has been charged with murder in the beating death of a 2-month-old who was staying overnight with the girl and her mother to give the baby’s mom a break.
Wickliffe police Chief Randy Ice said at a news conference Monday that the 11-year-old, her mother and the baby girl were on a couch downstairs when the mother fell asleep at about 3 a.m. Friday. The mother was awakened less than an hour later by her daughter, who was holding the badly injured infant.
The baby died later at a hospital.
A juvenile judge entered a not guilty plea for the girl on Monday. She remains in the Lake County juvenile detention center and will receive a competency evaluation.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man who took a 220-mile taxi ride to Omaha has been accused of refusing to pay the driver the nearly $600 fare.
A 58-year-old Yellow Cab driver submitted a report to the Omaha Police Department saying the 30-year-old man didn’t pay his $599.97 fare after the trip from Kansas City, Missouri, to Omaha. Their names haven’t been released.
The driver tells police the man submitted credit card information when the ride was booked online, but the transaction failed. He says the passenger just laughed when he called him seeking more information.
The driver says during the trip, the passenger claimed to be hiding from Kansas City gang members. He says the passenger mentioned intentions to go to Seattle and continue on to Alaska.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s old 2006 Cadillac is going to be auctioned off to raise money for one of his favorite charities now that the billionaire finally upgraded his car to a newer model.
Buffett’s old DTS sedan will go up for sale online at www. proxibid.com starting Wednesday. The auction will run through Feb. 19.
The 2006 Cadillac has only 20,310 as Buffett enjoys a short commute to work at Berkshire Hathaway’s headquarters in Omaha. Based on past auctions involving Buffett, the car will draw much more than its Kelly Blue Book value of between $10,000 and $11,600.
The last time Buffett’s car was auctioned off, his 2001 Lincoln drew $73,200 — well above its book value of $11,200.
All proceeds will go to the nonprofit Girls Inc. of Omaha.
WILDWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say two all-terrain vehicles were racing each other when one of them swerved and hit people who were watching, including a 2-year-old boy who was killed.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 28-year-old Terry Killings Jr., of Wildwood, was racing another ATV Sunday evening when he swerved and struck several spectators alongside rural road in central Florida.
The spectators included 2-year-old Jakhyrian Graham and 56-year-old Johnny Williams. Sgt. Steve Gaskins says Killings and Williams were hospitalized with serious injuries.
He says other spectators also were taken to hospitals. Gaskins says similar unsanctioned ATV races have taken place in rural Sumter County over the last several weeks.
Authorities were looking Monday for Killings’ ATV and the ATV he was racing.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Under a plan still in the draft stage, the Lincoln’s old Pershing auditorium would be given new life as a modern food market with space for restaurants, a greenhouse and loft apartments.
The plan was given to a mayoral committee last week. The city also is considering tearing down the auditorium, which closed in August after more than 57 years of operation. This week the city has opened up the building to people who want to buy pieces of the Pershing at auction.
The plan calls for renovating the auditorium and creating an administrative structure for a regional food hub to connect ag producers, consumers and distributors. The plan is being proposed by the Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln woman convicted of an anti-gay hate crime hoax denies that she’s violated terms of her probation.
A judge on Monday set a March 13 hearing for 36-year-old Charlie Rogers. She faces up to a year behind bars if a judge revokes the probation.
Rogers is a former University of Nebraska-Lincoln basketball player who was convicted of lying to police about being attacked by masked men who carved anti-gay slurs into her skin. She has said she’s a lesbian.
Prosecutors said Monday that Rogers didn’t complete the required 250 hours of community service, pay court costs or report Jan. 15 to begin her 90-day jail sentence. Rogers denied the allegations.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say no children have been injured in a collision between a school bus and a car in north Omaha.
The accident occurred just after 7 a.m. Monday. Police say the bus driver pulled out from a stop sign in front of a car that had the right of way.
It’s unclear how many students were on the bus, but police say none of them was hurt. Another bus was sent to the scene so the children could get to school.
